On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:36:28 -0800, VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi John,
>
>> >Now, since the hardware is identical for MPE & HP-UX, why
>> >can't HP use the same EOL parameters for MPE as HP-UX?
>>
>> Excellent questions!  Why indeed?  It would seem the issue is
>> the staff it takes to keep enhancing the OS.
>
>Yes.
>
>> and HP doesn't want to invest the effort to support newer boxes.
>
>Correct. We don't have the staff to get MPE to run on the newer
>PA-RISC boxes, and the HP-UX team is large enough to do this,
>and more!
>
>
> Jeff
>

Do I read that correctly, that the real problem with the HPe3000 was not
the sales# but that CSY is lacking the staff to get MPE to run on newer
boxes?
So the best interest might have been HP's best interest (find, keep and pay
highly qualified MPE-developers) and not the customers.
Very interesting indeed.

Michael

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